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Joined 17 years ago

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Jan 23
Software Developer for Planixs, Manchester, UK
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Comment · 8 years ago
Quality of life is more important than raw cash.
Comment · 8 years ago
Americans have the weirdest ideas about Socialism. It is possible to have a state run healthcare system or nationalize the railways without devolving into Venezuela.
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm not talking about shaming people, I think that if you want to have a community that doesn't have abuse then you need the admins to remove or ban the people who post abuse and threats.
Comment · 8 years ago
Moderation is essential because by publicly making an example of trolls, you can change the culture to prevent it. It's the same theory as patching up broken windows to ensure that worse things don't happen.
Comment · 9 years ago
Where did the data for the growth rate table come from? I can see that the original source is a reddit post but I can't find where the reddit post got it's numbers from.
Comment · 9 years ago
The problem with this is that allowing prison labour to be cheaper than free labour puts competitors out of business and gives incentives to the state and business lobbyists to arrest more people for the sake of profit instead of reformation or containment.
Comment · 9 years ago
There's a good list of UK brokers here, most of which have Vanguard funds. http://monevator.com/compare-uk-cheapest-online-brokers/ Personally, I use Charles Stanley Direct and I don't have any complaints about them.

Make sure to stick it in an ISA account if possible to keep it tax free.

Comment · 9 years ago
That's scary. Would having 2FA enabled on your Gmail account protect you from this kind of attack?
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Comment · 11 years ago
I don't understand why you would want to be your own bank at all? A proper bank will have some level of security as well as the scale to not fall over if a single branch is robbed. Surely being your own bank will not give you any of that security? You'll just doing extra work to make yourself a target?
Comment · 11 years ago
The language itself is probably fine but the fact that they are starting from scratch with what appears to be no input from security or financial professionals is a clear sign that there will be security holes
Comment · 11 years ago
How many exchanges have been hacked at this point? We must be getting near double digits.

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